Geological causes and geomorphological precursors of the Tsaoling landslide triggered by the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake, Taiwan

Engineering Geology

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 259-273

  Chigira, Masahiro ^a   Wang, Wen Neng ^b   Furuya, Takahiko ^c   Kamai, Toshitaka ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chi Chi earthquake; Landslide; Mass rock creep; Rockslide avalanche; Weathering

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SANDSTONE; SEISMOLOGY; SLIP FORMING;

RIPPLE LAMINATION;

LANDSLIDES;

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; ESCARPMENT; FAILURE MECHANISM; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LANDSLIDE; SHALE; WEATHERING;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0346667136     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(02)00232-6     Document Type: Article

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